by Emma Carroll | Dec 21, 2020 | Foundation, Projects, Southern Right Whale
Photo Credit – University of Auckland Tohorā Research Team 2020 (taken with DOC permit) Nearly 100 years after southern right whales were first protected from hunting, they face a new challenge: how to find food in a changing ocean. I think of southern right whales as...
by Emma Carroll | Sep 22, 2020 | Foundation, Projects, Southern Right Whale
Photo Credit – University of Auckland Tohorā Research Team 2020 (taken with DOC permit) Scientists have successfully attached satellite tracking tags to six New Zealand southern right whales, or tohorā, and are inviting the public to follow the whales’ travels...
by Emma Carroll | May 13, 2020 | Foundation, Projects, Southern Right Whale
Photo Credit – Ros Cole, New Zealand Department of Conservation. This pilot study is a first glimpse of where today’s Tohorā go to feed in summer – and it shows a startling change from the whaling era. With only 2 of probably 2,000 Tohorā tracked, we need more...